We investigate the motives of pro-social behavior in collective decisions in an economic experiment. It compares individual behavior in private and collective decisions in a unified experimental setup. Subjects are given an individual endowment and have to decide how much of it to donate to...

Im Zentrum des Aufsatzes steht die systematische Funktion des "Wetteifers" in der praktischen Philosophie Kants. Zwar taucht der "Wetteifer" in vielfältigem Zusammenhang in Kants Anthropologischen Schriften auf, dennoch wird er in Bezug auf ethische Fragen selten in Betracht gezogen. Auch wenn...

Interesante libro donde se seleccionan y comentan una serie de textos sobre la democracia, la igualdad, el pueblo, la representación, la soberanía, la república, etc. La técnica utilizada de reproducir fragmentos comentados de autores clásicos, modernos y contemporáneos resulta útil. Es...

We investigate the motives of pro-social behavior in collective decisions in an economic experiment. It compares individual behavior in private and collective decisions in a unified experimental setup. Subjects are given an individual endowment and have to decide how much of it to donate to...

In this article I first argue that Immanuel Kant’s conception of the categorical imperative is important to his philosophy. I systematically, though indirectly, interconnect the cognitive and moral aspects of his thinking. Second, I present an interpretation of the Kantian ethics, taking as my...

There was something bothering Maria. When Maria was younger, there was another man. It was all in the past, but she could never get herself to tell anyone. She did not see anything wrong. It was all in the past. Should she tell her friend now? She decided to write to Kant. Like a doctor...